Biology:Agroeca brunnea
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Short description: Species of spider
| Agroeca brunnea | |
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| A. brunnea, adult male | |
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| A. brunnea, adult female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Liocranidae |
| Genus: | Agroeca |
| Species: | A. brunnea
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| Binomial name | |
| Agroeca brunnea Blackwall, 1833
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Agroeca brunnea is a species of spider in the family Liocranidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm and was first described by John Blackwall in 1833.[1]
The distinctive egg sacs are known colloquially as 'fairy lamps'[2] and the spider itself is sometimes called the 'fairy lamp spider'.[3]
Gallery
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Male pedipalp -
Adult male -
Egg sac
References
- ↑ Platnick, Norman I. (10 December 2011). "Fam. Liocranidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/LIOCRANIDAE.html. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ↑ Wolff, Jonas O.; Gorb, Stanislav N. (2012-09-01). "Comparative morphology of pretarsal scopulae in eleven spider families" (in en). Arthropod Structure & Development 41 (5): 419–433. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2012.04.004. ISSN 1467-8039. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1467803912000412.
- ↑ "Agroeca brunnea (Blackwall, 1833) | ArachnoPhoto". http://www.arachnophoto.com/en/liocranidae-2/agroeca-brunnea/.
Wikidata ☰ Q913835 entry
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